Front panel (6), Parts and their functions, Continued) front panel (6) – Panasonic AJ-HD1800P User Manual

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Parts and their functions

(continued)

Front panel (6)

TRIM buttons

These buttons are used to make fine adjustments to the
IN or OUT point.
By pressing the or

j button while the IN (A IN) button or

OUT (A OUT) button is held down, the registered edit
point can be adjusted in 1-frame increments. When the

button is pressed, the point is moved ahead by one frame;
conversely, when the

j button is pressed, it is moved

back by one frame.
The playback phase can be adjusted by pressing the

i or

j button while holding down the PLAY button.

REW button

When this button is pressed, the tape is rewound.
The rewinding speed can be selected using setup menu
item No.102 (FF.REW MAX).

STOP button

When this button is pressed, the tape stops traveling, and
if TAPE is selected as the

OUTPUT setting on the

menu, still pictures can be monitored.
Even in the stop mode, the drum continues to rotate, and
the tape remains tightly wound around the drum.
Therefore, when the VTR is left in the stop mode beyond
a specific period of time, it is automatically set to the
standby OFF mode in order to protect the tape. The VTR
is set to the stop mode immediately after the cassette has
been installed.

FF button

When this button is pressed, the tape is fast forwarded.
The fast forwarding speed can be selected using setup
menu item No.102 (FF.REW MAX).

EDIT button

This button is pressed together with the PLAY button
during playback to initiate manual editing.
When the button is pressed in the stop mode, the input
signals in the mode selected by the menu
or menu can be monitored in the EE mode.
When the STOP button is pressed, the original picture
and sound are restored.
During playback, search, fast forwarding or rewinding, the
input signals in the mode selected by the
menu or menu can be monitored in the EE
mode while the button is held down.

No guarantees are made for the sound played back in the
search mode.

PLAY button

Press this button to start playback.
When this button is pressed together with the REC
button, recording starts; when this button is pressed
together with the EDIT button during playback, manual
editing starts.
However, manual editing will not be initiated if the servo is
not locked.When only the PLAY button is pressed during
manual editing, editing is exited, and the playback mode
is established.

REC button

When this button is pressed together with the PLAY
button, recording starts.

SERVO lamp

This lamp lights when the drum servo or capstan servo
locks.

REC INHIBIT lamp

This lights or goes off in accordance with the status of the
accidental erasure prevention tab on the cassette tape
and the setting which has been selected for

REC INH

on the menu. Recording onto the tape is
inhibited while the lamp is lighted.

Whether the REC INHIBIT lamp is to light or blink is selected by

the No.114 REC INH LAMP setup menu item setting.

When SETUP MENU No. 18 (SP MODE INH) is set to
ON, data cannot be recorded onto a tape that was
formatted in any other format than DVCPRO HD-LP. If the
menu is set to OFF, data can be recorded.

Cassette tape’s

accidental

erasure

prevention tab

status

REC INH

menu

setting

REC

INHIBIT

lamp

status

Description of

operation

Recording

disabled

Lighted*

(or blinks

slowly).

All recording operations
are inhibited.

Recording

enabled

OFF

Off

All recording operations
are permitted.

ALL

Lighted

All recording operations
are inhibited.

PRE

Blinks

rapidly

Recording operations
involving the overwriting
of existing material are
inhibited.

NORM

Blinks

rapidly

Normal recording
operations are inhibited.
Editing is possible.

V/CTL

Blinks

rapidly

Recording of video
signals and CTL signals
are inhibited.